The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

THE Cl TM WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, July 26, The whole interest of the war hassuddenly shifted from Richmond to Atlanta. Not that people have lost faith in General Grant, for they still believe that he will capture the Confederate capital, some time before Christmas, if he be left alone by Mr Lincoln and Mr Stanton on the one hand, and by Mr Jefferson Davis and General Lee on the other ; but because the chances of a great victory achieved or an overwhelming defeat to be suffered by Gen. Sherman are more immediate. General Joseph Johnston, the Confederate Commander, has been superseded in his command, not because his plans were otherwise than skilful or the best that could be adopted with so small an army as that with which he had to confront a formidable antagonist, but because the Southern people and his own sub• ordinates were of opinion that a stand ought to be made for Atlanta, at any risk and any cost. Gene ral Hood, appointed to succeed him, lost not a day it appears, in carrying out the new policy, and attacked the Federals in their entrenchments be tween the city and the Chattahoochie. The con. test was a stubborn one—as all the battles of the Americans are—and according to the latest account had lasted for three days with varying fortunes, taut without decided results. The Federal Govern• mcnt, through Mr. Stanton, though without official despatches from General Sherman, continued to as. Bert on Saturday last, as well as on the previous day, that the Confederates had been driven out out of Atlanta with great loss, and had retreated this time there is no con towards Macon. Up to firmation of this stateme n t, b ut muc h reason to belleee that the struggle for Atlanta is not at an end, and that the large corps d'armee spared by General Lee from the defences of Richmond and Petersburg is destined either to effect a junction with General Hood, or to fall upon Sher man in the rear, and place him between two fires, from which nothing can extricate him but a skill in retreating greater than even that possessed by Johnston. Though the accounts published by the Washing. ton journals are stated to be derived from autho rity, it is suspicious that not a word has come from Gen. Sherman himself, or if it has come that Mr Stanton has not seen fit to send it to the newspapers. The accounts, such as they are, affirm that in the great battle of Friday, the 22d, when Gen, Hood made his second onslaught on the Federals, the loss of the Confederates was 7,000 killed and wounded, and that of the Federals only 2,000. If Gen. Sherman thus reported in an official despatch the world might feel disposed to believe there had been great havoc on both sides, and that the Federal commander was cooly resorting to an old manconvre to keep up the spirit of his army by underestimating his own losses and exaggerating those of the enemy ; but while all General Sherman's despatches, if he have sent any, are withheld, and such a statement is only made on the vague authority of the War Department, people are disposed to believe that there is disagreeable news behind the agreeable mask, and that when the full truth comes to be known it will be found that General Sherman's position is not such as the Northern Government and people would look upon with complacency. Mr Fessenden, as anticipated, has appealed to the psople for a loan. Failing to receive from the banks of New York the accommodation he required to pay the arrears due to the army and provide for the daily expenses of the Government, he has asked the people to assist him with four times as much as he would have accepted from the banks, and issued pro posals for a loan of 200,000,000 dols. for three years, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per cent. in " lawful money"—that is to say in greenbacks or legal tender. The lowest sum receiv able is to be 50 dole., and all sums tendered are to be multiples of 50. Although the bonds at the end of three years are either to be paid off, in greenbacks, or to be exchangeable into five-twenty bonds, bear. ing 6 per cent interest, payable in gold, it is not likely that any of this loan will he negotiated or negotiable, in Europe, for the reason, quite indepen dent of any considerations of the adequacy of the security, that the rate of interest is much too low, calculated upon a gold standard, to tempt any one to invest in it. Seven and three•tenths per cent in greenbacks, with gold at a premium of 158, would only give about £2 16s. for an investment of £lOO sterling, and as it is not unlikely, if the war last through the ensuing winter, that the value of the greenbacks will be much farther depre ciated—it is scarcely possible that a single lover of Republican liberty in Europe, or a single enthu siast in the cause of the slave in Exeter-hall, or else where, will add to the number of Mr. Fessenden's creditors to the extent of a £lO note. Mr. Fessen den himself appears to be of the same opinion. He says to the people whose help he solicits—" As yet we have asked no foreign aid. Calm and self-reliant our own means thus tar have proved adequate to our wants. They are yet ample to meet those of the present and the future. It still remains for a patriotic people to furnish the needful supply.'' 'With a misgiving, however, that even the patriotic and lucre-loving people of the North may not think more highly or s the terms he offers than the foreigner, to whom he will not yet make an appeal, he says, " This is not the time for any lover of his country to inquire as to the state of the money market, or ask whether he can so invest his capital as to yield him a larger return." But, under such circum stances, would it not be wiser and better for the Secretary to appeal to the people—not on cora• mercial grounds for a loan—but on patriotic grounds, for a free-will offering of their abundance, to prevent that "national dissolution" or " national disgrace' which he forsees as but too probable if money be not forthcoming. If the war is to be a holy war for the propagation of an idea—a crusade against negro slavery, a national uprising to preserve a large Union, founded on military force, as something better than a smaller Union, founded upon true Republican liberty—why not call upon the devotees of the doctrine to give, rather than to lend ? If the cause be holy, let the people tax themselves for its support. Let the rich man contribute of his super fluity, without asking :for any return but the pleasant consciousness that he has aided a great principle. Let the millionaires pour not only their greenbacks, but their gold and silver plate into the Treasury. Let the ladies present Mr. Fessenden with their rings and their brace lets, their watches and their brooches, their dia monds, emeralds, and rubies, to be converted into coin in the markets of the world, in order that the soldiers of the crusade may be regularly paid and abundantly rewarded, and that Unionism may triumph, even though liberty should perish. Among the inducements which Mr. Fessenden offers to the people to invest in the war is the un doubted goodness of the security. Leaving out of his calculations the Customs' duties, he info rms th e little as well as the great capitalists whom he hopes to persuade that " the Internal Revenue Act is a great success, which has exceeded in efficiency th e most sanguine expectations of its authors," inasmuch as while it yielded only 4,500,000 dols in the month of June, 1863, it yielded about 15,000,000 dole in the car. responding month of the present year. He adds that under the amended law which came into operation on the first inst. the returns have averaged about a million a day, and expresses his belief that as the lave becomes mo re f am ili ar and i s more ef fi c i ent l y carried out a million a day will be the rule and not the excepti on . G rant i ng the estimates to be correct, it will follow that no more loans must be contracted, or that the incidence of the tax must be greatly in creased if the interest of the existing debt is to be paid. The Administration only admits a proved debt of about 1,800,000,000 dots., but as this does not include the debt incurred during the present year, and a whole host of outatandioee, and as yet un i nve stigated, liabilities, financiers friendly to the , Administration raise the t o t al to 3.000,000,000 dole., and some n o t quite so friendly, but quite as likely to be correct, to 4,000,000,000 de's. Taking the lower estimate, and reckoning the interest,which varies between 5 and 7 3.loths per cent., payable 6 per cent., the F e d eral Go. in gold, t o aver age vernment has, or speedily will have, to pay, in gold, au annual charge of 180,000,000 dole. At the present pricy of gold—from 156 to 158 premium-_ no less than 460,000,000 dole, in greenbacks would be required to pay the interest, thus leaving the whole proceeds of the internal revenue deficient by no less than 95,000,000 d o l e . as a security far the existing debt. Mr. Fessenden and the North ern people may, perhaps, imagine that the pr ice of go ld will fall. Perhaps it will ; but if it d ) not ? There must in the latter case be either a repudiation of the contract to pay in gold, or new loans, not only to carry on the war, but to cover a daily augmenting deficiency. July 27. Last night the town was again startled by the details of a new irruption of the Confederates, under Generals Early and Breckenridge, into the valley of the Shenandoah, the defeat of the Federals under Generals Averill and Crook, and the retreat of those officers with the remnants of their force to Harper's Ferry. Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Stanton, imagining, when the victorious invaders so suddenly disappeared from before Washington, that all danger was past, sent home the militiamen whom they had summoned to their aid; and went to sleep with their usual poco-curantism—or optim ism—believing, with Candide, that all was for the best in this beautiful world. The result is that Washington is again at the mercy of the Con federates, that there is a panic amongst the Unionist population, secret rejoicing among those who sympathise with the Confederates, and a general exodus of the timid. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, has not yet found time to appeal to New York for assistance to repel the invaders, and Mr. Lincoln, uncertain whether the irruption is great or small, intended for the plunder of farmyards or for the sack of the capital, has issued no proclamation to the loyal people, and demanded no assistance. He is urged, however, to meet the difficulty, whatever may be its real character, by appointing Gen. M'Clellan to the command of the defences of Washington, and promised if he will but have the magnanimity to forgive a political oppo. nent, especially one who threatens to be his success ful rival for the Presidency, that at least 100,000 Volunteers will respond to the magic of that name, and make Washington safe now and for the re mainder of the war. If the danger be imminent it is possible, though not probable, that Mr Lincoln will act upon this suggestion. If called upon, M'Clellan is too sincere a patriot, and too good a soldier, to refuse obedience to the call. Meanwhile, the posi tion is, to say the least of it, humiliating to the Federal Government, after which, 105 days since Grant crossed the Rapidan to take Richmond sees its own capital in much greater danger of capture than that of the Confederates. Grant has not a man to spare from Petersburg to assist in the de fence of the Shenandoah or other approaches to Washington, while Lee is not only able to spare from Richmond as many men as are sufficient to make Maryland and Pennsylvania a profitable and comparatively safe foraging ground, but to send Longstreet with a force of 25,000 to the support of Hood at Atlanta. And yet the friends of the Ad ministration persist in asserting that Grant's cam paign is not a failure, and that the rebellion is on its last legs. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recom mend to the proprietors at the half-yearly general meeting on the 18th inst. that the dividend for the half-year end ing June 30, 1864, be at the rate of 41 per cent, per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company, carrying over a balance of £8,400. ROYSTON AND HITCHIN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the office, Gracechurch-street ; Major W. Amsinch in the chair. Mr J. C. Janson, the secretary, read the notice conven ing the meating, and attached the common seal of the com pany to the register of proprietors. On the motion of the CHAIItMtN, it was resolved that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, less income tax, and id. per £3 58. stock for expenses of management, be declared on the Royston, Hitchin, and Shepreth conso lidated stock for the half-year ending the Ist inst., and be paid forthwith. The retiring directors, Sir R. W. Carden and Mr J. Cobbold, M.P., were then unanimously re-elected, and the proceedings terminated. ELY AND NEWMARKET. A meeting was held at Bury St. Edmund's, on Friday, to consider this project. The Mayor (Mr 11. Ls Griot) presided. Resolutions were adopted to the cffect that the project deserved the cordial support of the town. The town council and members for the borough were requested to support the undertaking, and the Great Eastern Company was also solicited to afford all practical facilit es for its development. MID-KENT. Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting. of this coin pany was held at the offices. Duke-street, Westminster Mr W. A. Wilkinson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that he had only to congratulate the shareholders upon the passing of the bill for the amalgamation of the conc,,rn with the South-Eastern Company. The terms of the agree ment must be deemed highly satisfactory to both parties, especially to the South-Eastern Company. He had also to congratulate them upon the opening of the Addisoombe Ex tension, and the dividend which it was proposed to pay, Mr L. SimrsoN seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. The dividend of 31 per cent, for tho half year was de clared, and thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The half-yearly meeting of this section of the North , Eastern Compan7 was held at Darlington yesterday, Col Stobart in the chair, The report of the committee stated that the amount avail able for this section was sufficient to pay a dividend of S per cent, per P.nnumfon the ordinary shares, and leave a sum to be carried forward of £2,893. There was also the balance of £15,983 on share premiums remaining untouched. The general working of the traffic had proceeded satisfactorily in every respect, and the prospects of the undertaking as now united gave promise of continued prosperity, In reply to questions, it was stated that the debt due by the Consett Iron Company amounted to £ l oo,ooo—that in terest upon the original debt had not been paid, but went to make np that amount—that the Iron Company had been reconstituted as a limited liability company—that the railway company held shares in the new company to the amount of their debt, and that there was every reason to suppose that the loss, if there was any, would be very small. The capital of the company would shortly be called up, and then the position of the company would be more settled. The proceedings then terminated. SOUTH 'YORKSHIRE. The directors state in their report that X 91,271 had been added to capital during the past half-year. The revenue account exhibited a gross income from all sources, under agreement, with the Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, of £96,265. earned at a total expenditure of £35,939. The balance of £60,326, after meeting the interest and preferential dividend, would yield a dividend on the ordinary capital at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The bill to authorise the transfer of the company's undertaking to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company re ceived the royal assent on the 23d June. FOREST OF DEAN. Yesterday the half -yearly meeting of the company was convened at tho offices of the company, in Victoria-street, Westminster—but there not being a sufficient number of proprietors present the meeting was adjourned, MONK LAND. The report of the directors of this company states that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th Jane amounted to £13,867, and the working expenses and inte rest to £23,483, leaving a net balance of £20,384, against £16,066 for the corresponding half of 1863. There was a progressive increase in the revenue derived from passengers and goods, and the working expenses were somewhat re duced, being 43.1 per cent. of the receipts. The directors re commended a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock. The payment of this and the guaran teed dividends would absorb £18,051, leaving a balance of ;€2,833 for the reserve fund, which would then amount to £5,210. The improvements in the permanent way having been nearly completed, the directors hoped to effect a re duction in this charge in future. Four engines had been added to the working stock, and three more were bring built. Those were required to siork the additional mileage. for which sufficient provision had not been previously made, only one engine having been added to the stock since the opening of the new lines of 1857. An engine was also now required for the Ballochney inclines, which were at present worked by locomotive power instead of by wire rope as for merly. Seventy_four additional six ton trucks had been added to the stock, and contracts had been entered into for the supply of 138 more of similar capacity. By an arrange. ment entered into, the undertaking of this company was to be amalgamated with the Edinburgh and Glasgow, receiv ing a guarantee of 6 per cent. dividend upon the ordinary stock; and a bill to authorise this amalgamation would be promoted in the next session of Parliament. The capital account to the 30th June showed that £942,394 had been ex pended, leaving a balance of £10,159 against the company. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the total traffic for the half year ending June 30 amounted to £210,020, and for the same half of 1863 to £203,746, showing an increase of £6,274. The net surplus revenue for the half year was £89,334, out of which the directors re commended that a dividend at the rate of 44 per cent. per annum be paid to the proprietors of the consolidated stock of the company, which would leave a balance of £1,035 for next half year's account. The returns exhibit an increase in every description of traffic, but did not denote any general improvement in the traffic of the country, as a larger surplus than £6,273 might have been expected from the amalgama tion of the Irish South Eastern Railway with this com pany and the opening of the branch line from Roscrea to Nenagh. The general results of the working of the line for the last half year had been highly favourable. Since the beginning of May there had been a marked ;m -provement in the receipts up to the present time, and, with the prospect of an early and abundant harvest, the directors had every reason to hope that the close of this year would still more clearly exhibit increased prosperity. The line from Nenagh to Birdhill was opened for traffic on the Ist of June last, and they were enabled to state that this branch would be completed, in the most efficient man ner, much within the Parliamentary estimate. The capital account showed that £5,678,042 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £19,792. The revenue account showed that £220,061 had been received, and £94,993 expended in working, and £35,734 for interest on loans and stock, leaving a balance of £89,334. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1864. was implicated in the murder. Her husband was now on his way to New York, in company with the police who had gone out to apprehend Muller. She had four children, the eldest being 12 years old and the youngest nine months. Mr Robert Death, jeweller, of 55, Cheapside, said that on the morning of Monday, the 1 1th of July, a man came into his shop about 10 o'clock and asked if he would ex change a chain which ho handed him for one with a key. He took some Albert chains from the window and rang the bell for his brother to come and value the chain offered in exchange. The chain having been valued the man chose one in exchange, the worth being made up by a ring. The chain taken in exchange was broken where it should have formed the hook, which was missing. It seemed to have been mended with cotton or worsted, and a bent pin. The man to all ap pearance was the same as the photograph in possession of the police, but he could only swear to his general character. The box produced was from their establishment, but he could not swear to its being the same as that delivered to the man who exchanged the chain. ' John Hoeffer, of Part-terrace, Old Ford-road, Bow, said he worked at the same place as Muller, whom he had known about three months. He loft off working there about the 2d of July, and said he was going to New York. Witness then lived in Jewry-street, but afterwards by agreement with Muller took his old lodgings at Bow when Muller left England. Ho went there the Monday before Muller left and slept with him until the Thursday. He saw Muller on the Friday before the murder, and also on the Saturday. He was in the habit of bringing things to wit ness's lodgings for some time before he left. On the Satur day evening he called on him between 7 and S, and told him he was going to see his sweetheart, who he believed was a girl on the town. He was to have taken him to his lodg ings at Bow on the Saturday night, but he was too busy. He went on the Monday, and that was the first time ho was ever at Muller's lodgings. When Muller called on him on the Saturday he was quite sober. When first he knew Mul ler he wore a gold watch and chain, which he afterwards said he had plelged. He did not notice whether he had a gold chain on on the Saturday, but he had on the Monday. He showed it to him, and said it had cost 15s. He saw no watch attached to it, nor did Muller show him the dupli cate of any watch. He did not ask him where ho got the money from to buy it with. On the Wednesday Muller showed him tLe duplicate of a chain, and told him it was that of the one he saw on the Monday before. On the Mon day evening he and Muller went home to Bow to his new lodgings. Or the Tuesday he went to see Mr Repsch, and found Muller there. On the Wednesday he met him again at Mrs Repsch's, and Muller showed him the duplicate of the chain, telling him he had not enough to pay for his pas sage money by 12s. Mr Repsch had told him of the same circumstance before while he was at work at Messrs Hodg kinson's, and he gave him a coat to pledge to raise the money. On the same evening Mr Repsch gave him the duplicate for the coat, and Muller that of the chain, re ceiving 12s in exchange. The chain was pledged for £1 10a at Mr Harris's, in the Minories. He neither had nor saw any duplicate for a watch in Muller's possession. The reason he could not go to Muller's lodgings on the Saturday was that he had a private job to finish for a gentleman, and had to bring it on the Monday morning. He did not go out at all on the Saturday night, but stayed in doors working at the job till 10 o'clock. He did not notice any change in Muller's clothes or appearance when he saw him on the Monday. They were to have gone for a walk together on the Sunday, but Muller did not call on him as he had promised. Muller earned 25s a week. The photograph produced was a likeness of Muller. He had not spoken with Muller about the murder, but had con versed about it with other persons. Mrs Mts.:thews was here recalled and identified the hat produced AS belonging to Muller. The Ccroner then adjourned the inquest until Monday week, the 22d inst. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.--GUILDFORD, Aug, 8, (Bloro Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) DIREY V. HAMILTON AND OTHERS, This was an action of rather a peculiar character. The plaintiff, Louis Dime', a Frenchman, who conducted his own case, seed the defendant and five other gentlemen for having con pired together to oppress and ruin him, and prevent hin from gaining his livelihood by his profession of teacher )f languages ; and he claimed £l,OOO damages. There was also a count for slander. Tho plantiff, as above stated, conducted his own case. The defendants were severally represented by Mr Bovill, Q.C., Mr Hawkins, Q.C., the Hen. G. Denman, Q.C., Sergeant Ballantine, Mt J. Browne, Mr C. W. Wood, Sir G. Honyuan, and kr Cohen. The cass occupied the Court a great many hours, princi pally owing to the mass of irrelevant matter that was intro duced into the inquiry, and the latitude that was kindly ac corded to the plaintiff by the learned judge, to enable him to bring vihat he conceived to be his grievances before the jury. his opening speech occupied three hours, but as a great many facts of the most disgusting character were in troduced it will be impossible to do more than to give a brief outline of the case. According to the plaintiff's statement, he had been for 20 months endeavouring to bring the mat , ter before a jury, and he had applied to no less than 18 attorneys, and he said that six of them would not have anything to do with the case on account of its filthy character, six required more money than he could command, and the other six he described as of the pettifogging clues, who promised him they would do what was necessary and obtained all the money they could from him, and at last lett him in the lurch, and he was, therefore, at last compelled to appear in person. It appeared that in the year 1857 he established himself at Dulwich as a pro• feesor of the French language, one obtained employment in that capacity at several respectable scholastic establish ments, and also gave private lessons, principally, it ap peared, to young ladies, and for a considerable time there was no doubt that the plaintiff was regarded favourably by those who were acquinted with him, and who employed him in his professional capacity. Things went on in this way for a considerable time, but at length it appeared that letters containing most filthy and obscene drawings were sent to a number of young ladies living at Dulwich and the neigh bourhood, and this, of course, cleated very great annoyance and excitement, and every endeavour was made to discover who was the guilty party, and after some time it seemed that suspicion fell upon the plaintiff, and the result was that ho was dismissed from all the schools that he had been in the habit of attending, and lost the whole of his pupils. The defendant, Mr Hamilton, it appeared, was a gentleman of considerable property, who was in the habit of residing occasionally at Dulwich; one of the others, Mr Lessem, was a tradesman at the same place, and the Rev. Mr 'lichens, another of the defendants, was the principal of a school at Camberwell, at which some of the boys referred to in the subsequent proceedings wero pupils ; and there appeared to be no doubt that they had taken an active part in the proceedings to discover the perpetrator of the disgust ing outrage that had been committed. The principal fact that appeared to be relied on by the plaintiff was, that on a certain day three of the defendants met at the Greyhound Inn, D u l w ich, and that they there examined the letters and the obscene drawings that had been received, and that they came to the conclusion that the plaintiff was the guilty party, and that they thereupon resolved to drive him away from the place, and, in fa c t, t o ru i n him and prevent him from obtaining a livelihood, The case on the part of the plaintiff was, that he was entirely innocent, and that the charge had been made by the defendant Hamilton out of re • venge of his having detected him in the commission of un. natural practices with two young lads, and in attempting to debauch his own son. It will be seen from this brief outline of the case that it was altogether one of a very painful and disgusting character, and in the course of the inqui r y a great numb er of l etters we re put in evidence by the plaintiff with a view of making out his case. One of these letters ho admitted was of such a nature that it ought not to be read publicly, although he said he had merely called things by their right names, or something to that effect ; and he end eavoure d t o make out that his only obj ect in what he had do ne was t o punish the guilty, and that thi s was the only re ason f or t h e defendants' endeavourin g t o drive hi m ou t of the neigh b our hood. Tho plaintiff, who during his long rambling speech had been several times requested both by the learned judge and the jury to confine himself to the charge he wished to estab lish ag a i ns t t h e defendants, at it s conc l us i on ca ll ed several iowitnesses,okplbaucte at their evidence Greyhound,videnceappea that it was th e op i nion to be almost as irrele vant to the rea l i ssue in t h e ca use as the pl a i n tiff' s state tneenuttohad be en , It seeme d, however, when th e i nvestiga. of everybody present that the writing on the envelopes that contained the obscure print resembled that of the plaintiff, and that it was the general impression that it was the handwriting of a foreigner. Tne plaintiff ; in answer to a question put by the learned judge as to whether ho had any furter evidence to bring forward, replied that he should like to examine the de fendants. Baron Martin said it was not a very usual course for a plaintiff to take to call his antagonists witnesses, but if he chose to do so he might. Mr Hamilton was the first who was called. Ho was questioned by the plaintiff, and in answer to him he in tho most positive and indignant manner denied that thero was the slightest foundation for the insinuations that had been made against him. He also said that the meeting at the Greyhound was quite a casual one, but they were all of course anxious to discover the guilty party. They com pared the handwriting of the plaintiff with some of the letters, and the impression that was created by this was that he was the party, and the disgusting letter which he ad mitted he had written tended very much to strengthen that supposition. The plaintiff put several very offensive questions to the witness, the effect of which was to reiterate the odious accusation ho had made against him, but Mr Hamilton indignantly repudiated the suggestions that were made. The jury interposed, and said they did not wish to hear any more, as they considered the plaintiff had entirely failed in making out his case. Baron Martin said it would perhaps be better that they should hear the whole of the evidence the plaintiff proposed to lay before them before they gave a verdict. Tho whole of the other defendants were their examined by the plaintiff, but their evidence wont entirely to dis prove the case that he suggested, The plaiutiff in the DANUBE AND BLACK SEA. The report of the directors states that the anticipations expressed in the last report aro in the course of being real ized. The period now under review embraces the winter months, during which the traffic is carried on under disad vantages peculiar to that season, and the trade of last win ter was found to be cramped by insufficiency of warehouse accommodation. In addition to this the corn trade has bees checked by the very low prices of grain in Western Europe, and, concurrently with these, by the famine in Hungary, which has diverted much of the Wallachian grain from the markets for consumption in that country. Notwithstanding these drawbacks the accounts, which have been made up to the 31st of May, exhibit a clear profit on working of £1,440, subject to payment of interest on borrowed capital of £914, The working of each former winter half yoar has been attended with loss, and it i. but reasonable to expect a much higher rate of profit during the current half year. Before the approach of next winter the want of warehouse room will be to some extent supplied by the completion of the smaller block of warehouses at Kustendjie. Five-sixths of the warehouse room which will be thus provided have already been engaged at re munerative rates by some of the largest houses connected with the Danube trade. The prospects of the present har vest in the Principalities are reported to be excen About 45,000 of the unfortunate Circassians have during the last three months been carried over the line at low but remunerative rates, under convention with the Turkish Government, which has provided them with settlements on the Danube. OTTOMAN (SMYItNA TO AIDIN). It appears that this company have just received the gua rantee from the Imperial Ottoman Government, as settled in the accounts for the last financial year, in accordance with the terms of the late concession. This concession fixes the amount at £33,360, which is to be paid to the company annually until the line is completed for traffic to Aidin, at which period the guarantee upon the entire capital of £1,781,000 (shares and debentures) will take effect. TEE MURDER OF KR BRIGGS. ADJOURNED INQUEST. The adjourned inquest on the body of Mr Thomas Briggs was resumed yesterday morning before Mr Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, at the Vestry-hall, Hackney. The coroner reopened the proceedings by observing that the jury had already received every possible testimony that could prove the cause of the death of Mr Briggs, and that their next business wouid be to investigate every circum stance connected with the case that could possibly fix the guilt of the murder on any particular person or persons. The first witness called was Mrs Ellen Blyth, landlady of the house in Park-terrace, Old Ford-road, where the man Franz Muller resided before his departure from England for America in the Victoria. She said that at the beginning of July she had two lodgers living in her house, one of whom was a German named Franz Muller. He left on Thursday, July 14, having given notice to do so a fortnight previously. On the Saturday morning before he left the house between 11 and 12 o'clock, but she did not know at what time he returned. She and her family went to bed at 12 o'elock, but Muller had not then come in. The other lodger, whose name was Goodwin, went out on the Satur day and did not return till Monday, according to his usual habit. At the head of his bed hung a life-preserver, made of whalebone and indiarubber, and loaded at the end with lead. The instrument now in possession of Mr Tidey, police superintendent, was the ono belonging to Mr Goodwin. The next time she saw Muller was at breakfast on the Sunday following, between 9 and 10 o'clock. On the Thursday pre viously he stayed out all night, and when he returned on the next day ho was lame, having, as he said, hurt his foot the day before. On the Sunday he went eut for a walk with her and her husband between 6 and 7 in the evening, having been at home all day until then, On the Monday morning he went out early and did not come back till S in the evening, but she did not notice any peculiarity either in his dress or manner. She did not notico what kind of hat he wore either then or at any other time. On the Tuesday and Wednesday he also went out early and did not return till late. The last week he remained at her house he did not do any work. On the Thursday he took leave of them all, saying ho had taken a berth on board the Victoria bound fur New York. Lie lodged in her house for seven weeks, and paid her most punctually before he left. On the Monday evening he had a gold Albert chain which she Look notice of. He took it off and showed it to Mr Goodwin, but she did not see whether it had any watch attached to it or not. She also noticed to him that he had get a new ring, but, beyond an expression of assent to her two remarks, he made no observation about either the chain or ring. The photograph produced was that of Franz Muller. The photograph was here shown to the jury. It is an ordinary full length carte de visite portrait of a well-dressed, short, thick-set young man, with a firm, compressed mouth, and small, narrow, half-shut eyes. The witness went on to say that 11Iuller accounted for his going to New York so suddenly by saying that ho had been sent there by his employers, the Messrs Hodgkinson. She first heard of the murder on the Monday, but she could not recollect whether the matter was talked of in Muller's pre sence or not. She could not identify the hat produced as the one worn by Muller, neither could she say whether he changed his linen on the Sunday or not, as he always had his washing done away from home. The week before he left, however, she had washed six new shirts for him. Eliza Matthews, the wife of a cabman living in Earl. street, Lisson-grove, said she was well acquainted with Muller, having known him for more than two years. He was engaged to her husband's sister, and used to visit .hem frequently. He came on the Sunday before the murder, and again on the following Monday about 2 in the afternoon. He did not look very well, and was dressed differently towhat he was on the Sunday before. When he was leaving she made some remark about his hat wearing well, to which he replied that it was not the one he usually wore. She also noticed that he wore a gold chain. Formerly he used to wear a watch and chain, but on the Tuesday before the murder she reraarkod that he had not One on, and he ac counted for the circumstance by saying he had lost it through betting. On the Monday he took off the chain in reply to her remark, and asked her what she thought of it. She did not see any watch attached to it, but there was a locket on it which Muller said belonged to Mr Itepsch, a friend of his. Thinking he could not afford to buy so ex pensive a chain, she hinted that it was not gold, but he assured her that it was, and took a box out of his pocket upon which was printed the name of "Death, jeweller, Cheapside." He told her it was a first. rate jeweller's, and that he had given Si lOs for the chain. The box he after wards gave to her little girl, On leaving he said he was going to New York and wished them goodbye. She walked with him to the omnibus and never saw him again. She made the observation about the hat because she had gone with her husband to buy the one he usually wore in November or December last, at Walker's, in Crawford street. He alweys wore it until the Monday. She first heard of the murder on the Monday evening from a neigh bour, but did not say much about it, being busy with her baby: She only read the newspapers on Sundays, and said nothing to her husband about the matter, being busy with her household concerns. She did not recollect saying anything about it to her husband or to any one else either during that day or the next. Her husband waa in the habit of going out early and returning late, so she had not much time to speak with him on such matters. On the Thursday he spoke to her on the subject, and it was not till then that the matter was mentioned between them. She was much employed all day with her children, Navin j g a young family. Her husband seldom stopped fcr his breakfast, generally only taking a cup of tea standing. He mentioned twice that the murderer was taken, but she could not recollect the days. She repeated that sho had no com munication with any one about the murder till hor husband spoke of it on the Thursday. Her husband can read, and frequently brought home newspapers left in his cab. When Muller came to say goodbye, he told her he particularly desired to see her husband. She told him he would net bo at home all day, and he said he would call back on the Tuesday or Wednesday, but did not keep his promise. On the Monday week after the murder her husband came home in the morning and asked her for the box that Muller had given to the child, saying he wanted to know the name upon it, She told him it was in the corner of one of the drawers, and he took it out, read the name, and said it was the same that he had seen on the bilis that were out about the mur der, O n t h e Sunday before this Lloyd's newspaper was bought as usual, but it was not touched, as his brother and sister dined with them. As soon as her husband read the name on the box he took it away, saying he was going to the station with it, and that he was afraid Franz Muller course of the examination became very excited, and told one of the witnesses that what he said was a lie. Baron Martin immediately interposed,and told tho plain tiff that if he made use of such an observation again he would commit him. The plaintiff, having shortly afterwards intimated that he had closed his case, Baron Martin said he was of opinion there was no case at all for the jury, and that there was not a tittle of evidence to support the charge of conspiracy. The jury said they were of the same opinion. The plaintiff wished to know if they were unanimous in coming to that conclusion. The foreman of the jury said they were. A verdict was then formally returned for the defendants. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—IP3WICH, AUGUST 8. (Before Mr Baron Bramwell.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Solomon Hills, labourer, 22 years of age, was charged with feloniously assaulting Henry Rouse, at Stoke-by- Nayland, then and there putting him in fear of his life, and stealing 10s. in money and a gun, the property of the said Henry Rouse, on the 25th of November, 1861. Mr Orridge appeared as counsel for the crown; the prisoner was undefended. The circumstances of this case were very extra ordinary, as will be gathered from the following state ment. The prosecutor, a very old man, was living with his son in a lonely cottage in Stoke, and about 8 o'clock on the night of the 25th November, 1861, was going from his house across the yard to the stable, when he was attacked by two men. He was knocked down by one with a stick, and when on the ground was beaten about the head till he was nearly " unseneed," as he described it. They then swore at him and demanded all his money, but he declared he had only a few shillings, and those he handed over. The ruffians threatened to murder him if he called out, and then went into the cottage and helped themselves to beer and a gun that was in the sitting room. They then came to where the old man was lying, and seemed suddenly to have some pity for him, for they offered to carry him in doors—but he told them to be off, for he'd had enough of them, They went off with the gun and money, and owing to the dark ness of the night the prosecutor could not see well enough to recognise either of them. The police failed in all at tempts to discover the men, and this seemed likely to be an addition to the list of undetected crimes. In January, 1863, the prisoner, with two other men, was tried at Bury St. Edmund's county sessions for a murderous assault upon a gamekeeper, and, being convicted, all ware sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. This term would have expired in July of this year, and in April last a matter arose that led to the prisoner being put upon his trial to-day. It was this—At the spring assizes last year a wealthy farmer of the name of Humphery was convicted hefore the Chief Justice Erle of shooting at one Isaac Reed, with intent is murder him, and was sentenced to penal servitude for life. He remained in Bury Gaol some months before being re moved, and contrived to talk with his fellow-prisoner Hills. Explaining to him what he had been convicted of, he suc ceeded in persuading hiss to make a confession, taking the crime upon himself and exonerating Humphery, and for doing this the latter was to provide the prisoner with a largo sum of money as soon as he got out from gaol. Humphery, by this, expected to receive a Laudon, was to realise his property, and get out of the coun try, when Hills was to avow it was all a trick, and get his release and reward. Hills sent for Mr APlntyre, the go vernor, and to him made a very circumstantial confession, and repeated it to the visiting justices. He said he would find the gun with which Reed was shot if they would send him to a place (a pond) he named. The governor took him to the pond, and it was dragged and nothing found, but the prisoner declared he had thrown the gun in ; that on the night of the attempted murder he was watching for pheasants by King Harry's grove; that sitting in the ditch his gun went off by accident as Reed was passing, and that he alone shot Reed. This story was never believed for an instant, but to make the search perfect the pond was emptied, and there, deeply sunk in the mud, waa found a gun. But this gun was found to be the one stolen from the old man on the 25th November, 1861, It was identified beyond all ques tion, and on being told of the discovery and the disbelief in the statement as to Reed, the prisoner said it was his gun, that he had bought it of some gipsies : and as to the con fession, Humphery had persuaded him to make it, and it was all untrue. He was then told of the identification of the gun, and that he would be charged with the robbery of old Rouse. lie was disconcerted at this, but declared he knew nothing of it. During his imprisonment ho had learned to write a very fair hand, and one morning in May last the cook of the gaol picked up a note in the yard where the prisoner had been taking exercise. It was at once re cognised as his handwriting, and was as follows :—" Friend James Wright, I now take the opportunity to write these few lines to you, informing you that I have got to stand trial for we robbing old Rouse, but I don't think they have any suspicion of you, and you must keep dark, but if they should have any suspicion and take you, you must stick hard you don't know nothing about it. You don't want to be afraid that I shall split, that is nil my fault, I don'tthink he would swear to the gun all that long time, but I think you will be all right. I shall have a coun sel, and if they don't collar you, you can pay for a coun sellor for me, for you ought to do that. You don't want to be afraid that I shall split, for I shan't do that, because that is my fault. That would have been all right if I hadn't went and shown them the gun, but don't you be afraid. I will stick true, for I think I shall get off at trial. So no more front your old friend. I should sent by old Cooper, but I couldn't get to him. Tell my friends that I want to see them." This Wright was a man who with the pri soner had been originally suspected of the robbery, was in gaol with the prisoner, and " old Cooper" was a prisoner just leaving. The letter to-day the prisoner declared had been written by a man of the name of Holmes, also a pri soner, and placed in the yard, to get him (Hills) in to trouble, but this was satisfactorily negatived by persons knowing the handwriting of both. Upon these farts, pro vided by the prisoner, the jury found a verdict of guilty, and being asked what ho had to say, said to the judge, " I hope your honour will have mercy on me." Baron Bramwell—How much mercy did you show to that old man ? You were strong enough to rob him with out beating him. You aro a bad fellow, and I sentence you to five years' penal servitude. Another action of slander is being tried before Baron Channel, and wilt last all day. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Another "dangerous journey" comes in close succession to the two which have recently startled the public, as if to force upon us the abso lute and urgent necessity of some means of commu nication between the different parts of a train, A correspondent writes to inform us that on Thursday last he and four other gentlemen took their seats in a carriage of the 9.15 p.m. train from King's-cross for Edinburgh. Just before starting the guard pushed into the carriage a sailor, who seemed to be intoxicated. They had not gone far before this man became very excited, declared he had lost all his money in the train and was ruined, and at last, jumping from his seat, begaa to dash about the carriage with the most frightful yells and impreca tions. All efforts to pacify him were useless, and the passengers, in self-defence, were at length obliged to resort to force. He was evidently suffer ing from an attack of delirium tremens; he was a powerful man, and it required all the efforts of four of the party to hold him. His struggles were so violent that at one moment he nearly threw himself out of the window, and the next moment almost forced out one of his fellow passengers. Fortu nately they had a strap at hand, with which they succeeded in binding his hands behind his back. But it still required two persons to hold him on the se-at, and it became necessary to tie his legs together with handkerchiefs. Even then the security of the other passengers was but precarious, and if the strap had broken they would have been reduced to an other struggle with him. All this while they were travelling by night in an express train which would not stop until it reached Peterborough, a distance of 80 miles, occupying nearly two hours. All at tempts to gain the attention of the officials of the train or along the line were ineffectual. The pas sengers succeeded in acquainting their neighbours in the next compartment with their danger, but they were unable to reach the guard, and men shouted and women screamed the greater part of the way to Peterborough without securing any at tention. Not until they reached Peterborough were they relieved from their furious companion, and ena bled to continue their dreary night journey in peace. As a vivid exhibition of the dangers to which we are exposed by the present railway arrangements, this terrible story is almost more remarkable than the two which have immediately preceded it. In the absence of any better protection, we should all probably consider ourselves more secure in travelling with four or five fellow-passengers than with only o ne. The more the safer, and, considering the size of most of our carriages, each passenger in this case had about as much security from the namber of his companions as is generally probable. Yet these five gentlemen were all placed in the greatest danger, and compelled to endure two hours of the most harassing anxiety, by the presence of one madman in their carriage. With such an instance before him, who can feel himself safe from some act of out rageous violence in any railway carriage, and under any circumstances ? One of these persons was an elderly gentleman, who seems to have been unable to afford the others any assistance. Suppose two of them had been similarly incapable, or suppose that another, who almost fainted owing to the violence of the struggle, had actually done so a little too soon, what might have been the result to the rest ? Or what if tee man had obtained a knife ? Or suppose a lady in a delicate state of health had been one of the passengers, what might not have been the con sequences to her of such a two hours' journey . Any of these suppositions are as likely es not to have occurred ; and, indeed, it is a very fortunate circumstance, and one which could not be expected generally, that four e'eleebodied persons should be travelling together at such a critical moment. This case, in short, amounts to a conclusive proof that under present arrangements the occu pants of any carriage whatever, first, second, or third class, may, five minutes after the starting of a train, be at the mercy of a maniac. AU passengers, it is evident, now travel at peril of their lives, and all invalids and weak persons at imminent peril, not from the inevitable accidents of nature, but from a perverse neglect of obvious and simple precautions. This case also is serviceable in another point of view, as it proves that nothing short of a ready means of communication between passengers and guard can be a sufficient protection against such dangers. The railway companies would make us believe that nothing can be done beyond putting the guard in communication with the driver and that this would offer a sufficient security. But in this instance what would have been the use of such a partial communication ? It is very remark. able that, although the passengers in the disturbed compartment succeeded in making their danger known to their immediate neighbours, they were wholly unable to attract the attention of the guard. It would seem, indeed, that if the guard had been properly attentive it would have been impossible for such continued shouts and screams as arc described to have remained unnoticed. But such is the fact. Men could be shouting "Stop the train," and women could be screaming for an hour and a half, without once disturbing the guard. Nor does the presence of officials on the platforms of intermediate stations offer any substitute for this want. Even if it did in any measure, yet if a murder could be committed in one of the short intervals which separate the stations of a metropolitan line, it might be com mitted between two stations on any railway. But here is a train passing a series of stations for eighty miles, and the passengers unable to attract any effectual attention. It seems that they did attract some notice at one station, and danger signals were consequently exhibited, but the driver only slackened his speed for a while till the signals were passed. It was night, it is true, but night is no exceptional circumstance to modern travellers. More than half the passenger travel ling to Scotland is by night. In short, it may be considered to be established once for all by this oc currence—though it never needed such a practical demonstration to men of common sense—that the livesef passengers cannot possibly be secured against the violence of maniacs or criminals, or against the peril of partial accidents, except by the establish ment of a ready communication between passengers and guards, The Board of Trade lately issued a Circular on the subject to all the railway companies. It drew the attention of the Directors to recent occurrences, and requested their co-operation in devising some means of obviating such pressing dangers. It suggested two expedients —one, that of placing windows between the compartments of the carriages ; the other, a footboard and handrails through the whole length of the train ; and it ap peared to the Board " deserving of consideration whether this expedient, guarded of course by proper regulations, might not be generally adopted with very beneficial effects." Lastly, they mention the use of a cord running along the train, " by which the guard can attract the attention of the engine driver," as a recognised and confessedly feasible plan. It is very strange, that having thus placed these two contrivances of a footboard and a running cord side by side, the Board should not think of combining them. We have, however, pointed out on a previous occasion that in combination they would solve the whole difficulty. Let there be a running cord for communication, not only between guard and driver, but between passengers and guard, and let there also be a foot board by which the guard, and the guard alone, might traverse the train. ißy this simple plan any passenger might call the guard's attention, and the guard could at once go to see what was the matter, and act accordingly. There would be no interference with the driver of the train, and there need be no opportunity afforded to passen gers for missusing:the footboard. Some such obvious expedient must be enforced if railway companies will not adopt it themselves. For the present the Board of Trade relies on the " cordial co-operation of the rail way companies," and contents itself with drawing attention to these suggestions and asking for information. But such cases as the one we have been commenting on may easily make it necessary to go further. We already enforce upon railway cempanies and shipowners many precautions for the public safety which might otherwise be over looked. A line is not opened nor a passenger steamer allowed to sail without its safety in certain points being certified by official inspection. It is a very short step to forbid railway carriages to run without certain necessary appliances. We should extend the principle very unwillingly, but if rail way companies will not protect us from such dan gers as this, we must ask the Legislature to protect us. POST.—The weather, which people ususually talk about when they are at a loss for something to say, is now the subject of earnest conversation and serious thoughts. Everythiug,that, indicates, or is thought to indicate, a change is anxiously ob served, and thousands, who under ordinary circum stances never remark the age of the moon, will re member that it enters into its first quarter to-mor row afternoon. What one night of steady, gentle, unceasing rain would be worth to this country can only be roughly estimated. After weeks of drought, too, the downpour that is desired is also dreaded. A tropical storm, while it cleared the atmosphere, would thrash out the parched grain on the field. As it is, the cattle are eating up in summer the food which is reserved for them in winter, and the supply of water is daily diminishing. Tho hay has been saved, but there is no after crop, and in some places corn has been cut for fodder, Happily the wheat appears to have generally cscaped the blight, but the turnips have failed, and the fruit and leaves are falling prematurely from the trees. In a great city we experience that which is visible throughout the country, in the increase in the price of the neces saries of life. When vQgetation is scorched, meat is dear, and milk and butter are scarce; and what is a hardship to the wealthy classes is a calamity to the poor. At the same time, we have reason to be thankful that we aro in a condition to bear up against these privations. On the other side of the Atlantic, while the rivers are running low, and the insects are destroying the crops, hostile armies are completing the work of devastation. There, while they have difficulty in procuring water blood is saturating the land. Na doubt we may have yet to feel the effects of this sweltering heat. Possibly in the frosts of mid-winter we shall rind out what it has entailed upo❑ us. At present, however, there is no cause for more than reasonable anxiety. We are suffering inconvenience generally, and many who at this season do not commonly require assistance will perhaps have to seek relief. But there is still ground for hoping that the harvest will exceed the expectations of the agriculturists, who are nC,urally not sanguine; and in that case the rise in the price of provisions will be only temporary. We may have a long and genial autumn, and a coma paratively mild winter. The vicissitudes of nature are, we believe, directed on principles which even tually conduce to the welfare of the human race, and in that faith wo should put our trust. We can not compel the clouds, but we can out of the wealth we have accumulated make provision for any die. tress which may be occasioned by the suspension of of the regular rainfall. Moreover, while the ac counts from the agricultural districts are gloomy, the watering places are, as was to be expected, full. People are hurrying awayfrom the heat and dust of the towns to the seashore; and this, if other proof were wanting, would serve to show that we are as a nation thriving and comfortable, and it does not become us to repine over a passing evil. It is quite possible that at Brighton or Margate they can take a more philosophical view of the state of the barometer than we can in London ; still, here or there, it may be regarded, not with indifference certainly, but without apprehension. Rain was never more wanted than it now is. One has only to go into into the parks to see that everything is dried up and perishing. But that it is coming we may be sure, and if, by the mercy of Heaven, it falls abundantly, and yet softly, over the arid land and the brittle crops, the fears and misgivings of the hour will be immediately dispelled, and at a hundred harvest homes England will rejoice and be thankul as of yore. HERALD.--WO have at length abundant and incontro vertible proof of the infamy of the inferior agents of the Federal Government, of the incredible brutality of its mili tary commanders, and of the unblushing despotism, exer cised not only over the liberties of his own fellow-citizens, but over those of our fellow -countrymen, by the President of the Northern States. Crimes of which they were before but strongly suspected are now brought home to the very doors of the American authorities, and oan no longer be denied, for we are furnished, through our Minister at Washington, with an admission of more daring acts of vio lence, insult, and wrong, committed by the so-called United States on British subjects, than were ever before perpe trated by one nation on those of another having any pre tensions to an equality of numerical strength or political standing. First, wo have the case of M'llugh, tyrannically detained in prison by Abraham Lincoln for 7 months after a full acquittal pronounced by a tribunal selected by his accusers themselves. And now comes that of 7 Irishmen, basely kidnapped and forced into the ranks of the Federal army, to fight for a cause which did not concern them, and in a quarrel with which they never had any intention of meddling. Those unfortunate persons served through all the bloody battles of the campaign, but when at last they suc ceeded in making their case known Lord Lyons was com pelled by its enormity to take immediate action, and the President's Government. unable to justify the conduct of their crimps, or to evade an acknowledgment of the injus tice done their victims, reluctantly consented to restore them to liberty. An order was sent for their release, and the treatment which they received plainly proves that there - _ are more ruffians than Butler amongst the Federal generals. One of the seven Irishmen had fallen in action, and the survivors, when the order for their discharge arrived, were not, as in common decency they should have been, sent back furnished with ample means to procure sustenance and transport. That would not have suited the policy of those who well knew that there were thousands of others serving under their command whe had been similarly en snared, and who, were their cases equally well known, would be as certainly reclaimed ; they therefore determined to conceal, as far as possible, the interference of the Bri tish Government in behalf of its entrapped subjects, and to make it appear to all their partners in misfortune that their comrades were rather about to be punished for misconduct than liberated under compulsion. The six men were accordingly first confined in - the " bull ring," a sort of opening prison, amongst the most degraded criminals, and then marched to their destination, handcuffed and guarded with no shelter at night against the inclemency of the weather, and no bed but the damp earth. They were unsupplied with rations and loft to support nature as best they might, by feeding on grass and Maripe apples ; and after being harassed and tormented in every possible manner that the practised barbarity of Yankee officials could devise, they at length, wayworn an d exhausted, found themselves under the protection of the British flag, So far so well. We aro bound to acknow ledge that on this occasion and to this extent our Government —Whig though it be—hasacted in a praiseworthy and dig nified manner; but is the matter to end here? Are there to be no indemnities enforced for such unmerited sufferings? Is the American Government, as usual, to be complimented on its ready compli a nce wi th th e d eman d s o f our Mini str y , and then allowed to sw agger o ff w ith ou t compeueating INPIIugh for his seven m on th s ' ill ega l d e t e ntion, or the other six Irishmen f or th e i n di gn iti es an d cr uelties prac tised upon them, even a ft er h av i ng , th oug h unwilling ly participated in the battl es o f th e i r persecu t ors ? Time was when England would have p romp tl y avenge d such inju ries inflicted on her citizens by a d eman d f or an sPe l° ,, gY : instead of requesting an indem n ity i n mone y ; but We live in days when the payment o f h ar d cas h is COnsid er° d ample satisfaction for the most grievous act of or pression; and perhaps our Ministry may pluck op sufficient courage, and exact at least the custo mary penalties for such gross and unprovoked o utrages' Lord Palmerston sent a fle e t t o Ath ens to demand sst is , fa : tion for the mere property l osses o f a B r iti s h s ubject, sys °- claims were exorbitant, and wh ose nat i ona lity Was ma° than doubtful—and he enforced it t oo . Will h e hesitate to act now, with equal rigour, in behalf of M'Hugh 013 d „ s th y: other victims of Yankee inju s ti ce , w h ose c l a i ms to port are far better founded than were those of Don We own we can scarcely hope it, for the Federal States are as yet more powerful than Greece ; and their victims are' unfortunately for themselves, "mere Irish." The limes declaims most eloquently against those violations of an sonal liberty by Uncle Abe and his myrmidons, demands " what the high - newspapers are about that they do not warn their peasantry against emigrating," e nd ; 13 : ( 1 11 asks, with a strong touch of contempt, "if they ha °B , - . - 1, 1 themselves to the landlords ?" Had the writer of this eL a n ; ing article but coolly reflected on the subject, he could not fail to discover that the Irish press is what he desires. The Irish peasantry act upon 02° str „ ic d principles of free trade (of which the Times is so able so consistent an advocate) in carrying their labour, the el article tLey have to dispose of, to the market in wili fn e • it fetches the highest price. No one can prevent t he- g, powerless fo e ffc . c t and we conceive, that while following the dictates of P ° ticsl economy, they are entitled to at least as much P r° , t , il ec‘ tion as would be afforded, in case of n ee d, to the ce n n , s r r : meats of a Baring, or the cotton-p r i n t s o f a Bright. 1 `7 0 ; is a certain method of effectually stopping the 110°85 a l e system to recruit their armies so libe ra lly patronised 11 ta Federal Government, which has escaped our contersP°ll7, notice—or which more likely he hesitates to recovers° and that is to insist upon ample i n d emn iti e s being mats granted to those persons who se c l a i ms f or them cann ot - ea possibly be disputed. Touch the Yankee's pocket and Y i ;_, touch his feelings in their tenderest point. We fear, h ° £ 0 ever, that this may be con s id ere d b y oar rulers s° dangerous an experiment on B ro th er J ona than's patience' that the grievances o f M'Hugh and his c°l33l;teo ed triots will be left unretiressed, to augment the accni3ll;,i a t amenities of which the Times says our Ministry Nv" 00 , some future period " be bound to remind the American vernment." COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—At:G. 6. At this corn exchange to-day there was a few sarnP i r es o of new wheat, but the quality was not so good as last yea ,„, crop. There was a thin attendance and the business was extremely limited. Beans and peas ' is per qr over ferule' rates. 46s 52s Beans, 33s 345 Wheat, white. red 43s 49s middle & .. 3os ",.0 6 Barley —s —s Peas, white .... 36 „, Oatsy ... S ` s°.' 20s 25s grey ... MaZa ti g al an ail .3S 3-? GLOUCESTER--AVa• 6. There was a fair attendant e of farmers at market to old with a moderaie supply of English wheat, which vias:eek. slowly at a reduction of la par qr on the prices of las t '' Foreign wheat again in very limited demand, and Pr nominal. Spring coin firm, at lull values. NORTHAMPTON—AtG. 6. ineig A tolerable show of wheat to-day, but a small lo! s d3 - took place at a decline of i s p er qr . N ot muc h barl e -T ite s, show. Oats in active dem an d, an d a t l ast week's to7fers• A fair business doing in be a n s a t ra t es i n f avo ur of 6' 43d ; —White wheat, new, 42s to 445; new red, 40s old. 40s to 46s per qr. B ar l ey , new ma l t i ng , 34s tit) ', ori e. grinding, 28s to 33s per qr. O a t s , 94 s t o 33s per 24 o' Beans, 385.t0 40s. Peas, 35s to 40s per qr. CHELMSFORD—AUG. 6. rV t We had a small show of gra i n on offer at our ras/iOO to-day, but th e t ra d e was d u ll a t a b ou t Is per qr de •cest b on ut la n s o t t w m e u ek c if d q o u i o n t g a . tions. Spring corn firm at 16t° Pri ,g, 3 9 Wheat, old white 30s 46s Peas, Partridge ats new —9 —s White .......... dr s Ole old red 3 , 18 388 Boiling ......... 3° 15 305 new —s —a Dun ............ ..,-6 0 Barley ..25s 33s Ditto new .. ... ... 7, - 4 , 37 5 Chevalier 2 68 36 s Beans, Tick, Old •....,0 ....-e Grinding 20s 2Ss new.•s 380 Malt.... 61s 6 6 8 7 5 s : ~. Harrow Tienkesw. __ .: e s 3 3 33 : 35 ,... Chevalier . Oats 20s 26s Mazagan ..... •• KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Arch 6 . g jtet• We had small supplies of wheat and oats st P e , for and only two parcels of barley. Sales slow. FL l , c a Dottt wheat 6d to is down. Prices for barley and oats vier' the same as last week. oats., Wheat. Barley. First ....368 Od — s Oct I IS6 19 5 O d Second .:37s Oct Od 20 s 6d Third....39s Od —s Od itir; D E Nri i 81, di, of Ile tch, allo , sbl t ki d, not Foreign Mail Packet Lis MAILS DUE. IS Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton••'"''Aug. Jrazil and Cape Verde, by vi aßl‘rittlsrsheipilaeA .............. :P I ; Cape of Good Hope, Ase,ension, and St. Helena.. (311111 a) Penang, and Singapore, via Southaruptona tilw via Marseilles ...Aug' Falkland Islands A• ..••• ti . Gibraltar, via Southampton .................• ..,e 5 , •',p. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton. .. 0 7, , 1., via Marseilles .... A u ' 1 0 ' Au =‘,.' ;10. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mb' . via Marseilles .5eV• ~.., Portugal.... ...... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... P ; ~ g.. IP* via Marseilles ...... I" • 1 1 ' Au g. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo ....... U. S. and British N. America, by B r it. pac k e t.. • ' by by Canadian U. S. p a p c ke a t c . k . e . t:m !. 12 f; All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru/ 1 Atlw California. and British C01umbia.,.......... THE TRIAL OF BRICE AND SCOTT F° ll 4 ASSAULT ON A LIVEItrOOL SURGEON,--The b'l'andJll,:bill Liverpool Assize Court yesterday returned u against James Potts Brice for the recent serious 0000 upon Dr. W. P. Howe. The case, which h as eleit6 C d llie l greatest interest in Liverpool, 'Ube tried betore Lord Q Ju .c st . i , c h e as Co b e e k en hu e r n n g Wednesday Mr la by engaged for the wl defence. SDYI32" E. —_n the 7th . Births. . 10 t ire. I/45g O l f a daughter. Gn o o r v ove, Inst., at Dersingha 1 JACKSON.—On the sth inst., at Chichester irouse's° ~S lg i e i Town, Bright on , t h e w if e o f Sir Charles Jack son. t KE_NyaN —On the ith inst„ at 0, Lower I3erkelei G.C,t Yortunan-square, the wife of J. R. Nenyoof i3(l. ' j ute t of two sons. Marriages. Cli 4 rel3' MANDEIL—STRONG.—On the Gth'inst' , at Norbitoll 8-; 0' of L c ' Surrey, Charles John M ,Esq.,ander of Lincng' 6`l.' olil''l/ to Louisa, youngest daughter of Samuel Sr Norbiton. r D, PULFORD—GILBERTSON.—On the 6th inst., ilelliftbira Pulford, Esq., of Dorking, Surrey, to Elizabetbi daughter of Mr. Gilbertson, of Ludg'ato-bil. y st ears a . ,: at Deaths. BAUROW. — On the c uatoTit Manchester, aged 7th inBt 88 8 Di o Ttt ArAoheon,Ecm Booth,s Ee Eti t O e s. r a ll. the sth 7 Bi n 'vOa.agetdheGs. Brancker, Esq., aged 7 8 . kiss Henrietta Barr° .010. South Ban k ' 1'e: : a ver' the 14V ; COSTEK tr..ntey '- -- - s BOenanithees,6i\thi.Ainst„fatßShherherLdo'scfgbou,s.u.h.: a 8 Thomas , 0 as ey 6th " inst St. at Field House, y. 'el p i>lll costek E e it r: — ag O ed n 7 th 9 e . sth inst., at Stratford, dti° % ~ OOP FITZIIERBERT.—On the 6th inst., atlirest Farloig.. Meynell Fitzherbert, aged 16. .„ , e , i sior, ' SINCLAIR.—On the 6th inst at the 'late'Vicarage 00 ton, Miss Catherine Sinclair,' daughter of the ' xo dera Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. an d Author of '— Accomplishments," "Xodern S o ciety," .k°. ---------- .I . S. sr ANDl ll'ir lit London : PrinZ.cid and Prblished by VITILLIA--- e o. I : of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TAE SUN (9._cr,ctlati OL Strand, al the Precinct of the 3av o9 , .D. tao ' litl,loloscx.—Tuceday, August 9,184 f..